Max von Essen
Max von Essen as Dorian
Max von Essen (b. 11 January 1972) is an American actor.
The son of Thomas von Essen, who was New York City Fire Commissioner during the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, he was born in New York, the youngest of four children.
He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and after graduation began touring with Liza Minnelli, then toured Europe in My Fair Lady, then the U.S. National Tour of Chicago as Mary Sunshine. His Broadway debut was in 2000 in Jesus Christ Superstar.
Stage credits
Broadway
- Les Miserables – 2003 – Imperial Theatre
- Dance of the Vampires – 2001 -Minskoff Theatre
- Jesus Christ Superstar – 2000 – Ford Center
Off-Broadway
- Finian's Rainbow – 2004 – Irish Repertory Theatre
- John & Paul – 2001 – New Victory Theatre
- The Fantasticks – 2000 – Sullivan Street Playhouse
Regional
- The Baker's Wife – 2005 – Paper Mill Playhouse
- Dorian – 2004 – NoHo Arts Center
- Jesus Christ Superstar – 2004 – Sacramento Music Circus
- Auntie Mame – 2004 -Ogunquit Playhouse
- Auntie Mame – 2004 – Bay Street Theatre
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – 2003 -Sacramento Music Circus
- My Fair Lady – 2003 – Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera
- My Fair Lady – 2002 – Paper Mill Playhouse
- Hair – 2001 – Bay Street Theatre
- Blood Brothers – 2001 – Downtown Cabaret
- Jesus Christ Superstar – 1999 – Connecticut Repertory Theatre
- A Christmas Carol – 1997 – Mill Mountain Theatre
National and International Tours
- Chicago – 1999
- West Side Story – 1998
- Liza Minnelli in Concert – 1997